μιτρίον

μιτρίον, τό, Dim. of μίτρα, Gloss.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `girdle with metal' (Il.), `maiden's girdle' (Theoc., A. R., Call.), `headband, diadem' (Alcm., Hdt., E., Ar., Call.), `victor's chaplet' (Pi.).

Other forms: ion. - ρη f.

Compounds: Compp., e.g. μιτρη-φόρος (- ο-φ.) 'μ.-bearing' (Hdt., Plu.), αἰολο- μίτρης `with motley girdle' (E 707, Theoc.; on the ending - ης Schwyzer 451), ἄ-μιτρος `without girdle' (Call.).

Derivatives: μιτρίον (gloss.), μιτρώδης 'μ.-like' (An. Ox.), μιτραῖον (cod. - έον) ποικίλον H.; μιτρόομαι, - όω `put on a μ., wear, clothe with a μ.' (Str., Nonn.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: By H. Petersson Studier tillegn. Esaias Tegner (Uppsala 1913) 226ff. (agreeing Güntert Weltkönig 50f.) as inherited word identified with Skt. mitrá- n. m. `friend', prop. `friendship', Av. miθ ra- m. `treaty, friend', as personification `Mithra' = OP. MiÞra-; orig. meaning *'connection', to IE * mei- `bind, attach' (WP. 2, 241 f., Pok. 710); here after P. also μίτος. The combination remains quite hypothetical, as long as nothing is known of an agreeing primary verb, esp. as the other adduced evidence, e.g. Skt. mékhalā `girdle', are very doubtful (cf. Schwyzer WuS 12, 32 n. 1). Other hypotheses on mitrá- in Mayrhofer KEWA s.v., who gives an extensive treatment. -- Given its technical meaning the in Greek isolated μίτρα (the semantically unclear μίτος can better be left out) can very well be a loan, perhaps from an Indo-Iranian source. Does the short -α point to a Pre-Greek word?

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